Wire basket



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A. J. MUNGER.

WIRE BASKET. No. 586,342. Patented July 13,1897.

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I ANDREW J. HUNGER, "or ANT i'ER P, ouio.

WERE BASKET,

SEECIEICATZON forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,342, dateelJuly 13,18 97. Expplica'tion filed August 17, l89fifaxial-m 803K337. (1T0model.)

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Be it known that 1, ANDREW J. HUNGER, a citizen of the United States,residing atAntwerp, in the county of Peulding and State of Ohio,'baveinvents certain newand' useful Improvements in "WireBaskets; and I dohereby declare the following" to be a. full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in theart to which it appertains tonic-ire and use the same.

My invent-ion relates to an improvement in wire basketsg'end is consistsof certein'im provements in the construction of the same which makes a.bI zIisli t more rigid and stronger than an ominsry basket.

In the drawings, Figure 1 view'of my basket. Fig.2 is an elevation cf Ione of the wires of my basket, showing the manner in which it is bens;Fig; d-isir Side View of the coil at theupper end of-one of the sidewires. Fig. l is a. yiew showing Ta.

slightly-different manner of forming the upper ends of these wires.

The object of m y invention is to produce a basket out'of wire whichshallbe of such a construct-ion that it may be cheaply formed and whenmade shall be strong and rigid.

' The wires 13, forming the sides of the basket, are coiled at theirupper-ends, as shown in Fig. 3. The coil B is made of such a size as tolie snugly over the hoary wire rim, A. The coil is also made of such alength that itscts as a spacer to keep adjacent wires the properdistance apart.

Between the top and bottom of the basket the side wires are kinked, asshown at C and I). There may be one or more-of these kinks. I prefer twoin the ordinary size of the basket. In these kinxs and running aroundthe basketsre wires 0-. side Wires by fine. copper Wire and may inaddition be crim'pcdso that they will not slide upon the side wires ineither I direction.

These wires G,' which pass entirely around the basket, serve to.determine the diameter of the basket st that point, and consequently"the shape of'the basket.

At the bottom corner of the'bosket the Wires D are iven one or moreturns about a large steel wire This wire is united at its ends and formsa. large ring and defines the diameter of the bottom of the basket.

A poris a. sectional,

wires are bound to the tion-of the side wires I) are continued from thispoint toward the centerof the basketandare given a turn Qbout thecentral ring 1*. This central. ring F is of comparatively smalldiameter. r

- teruete side wire 13 should be continued toward the center; Theproportion, however, may be made anything desired.

A handle G, which I hsve'shoirn, is made of a stilf'steel wire havingsmaller wires coiled about the'same end fastcned'to the upper rim of.the. basket by having the central wire thereof coiled one or mo'retimesabout the rim'of the basket.

spacing the wires about the, rim of a basket. In this the wire Bis given2. little more um oue'curii'plcieTufii :iboul the Wire A.- it then givena turn about the same. bears against tbe'iirst turn'of the wire adjacentand serves to hold the two separate. 'lhisform of construction, however,does not make as good appearance-as the other dcsoribed. I

This basket, as described, forms a basket having great'st-ilfness andyet is springy. It possesses great strength snd yet is compare-- tivelylight. I It cannot-well be broken and willow-wear any form of oodenbasket. It

price, all .of the-work-ot bending. the wires being done by simple andcheap machinery.- Having thus described my invention, what Ielaim asnew, snddesirc to secure byletiers Potent, is'

' 1. In a wire-basket, the combination of top and bottom rims composedof stiff steel wires coiled about tbetop and bottom rim wires, so thatthe said coiis may act as spacers for the side wires, said side wiresbeing uniformly kinked at one or more points interwires bound to thesame at the kink, substantially as described. I

2. Ina. wire basket, the combination of top and bottom riins composed ofstiff steel wires with the side wires, said side wires being so that thesaid coils may set as spacers for It will ordinarily be sufficient thatcaclral- I In Fig. 4 I have shown another nnn'ner of mediate theirlength, and a spacing wire or coiled about the to; and bottom riiuwires,

extends parallel to the Wire A and is then This latter end can beproduced at s compsrativelysmail with the side wires, said wires being.

IOOI' the side wires, a portion of said side wires being continued fromtheioWer-rim wire toward the center, and a' ring in the center of thebottom of the basket around which the ends of said side wires are bent,substantially as described.

bent, substantially as described.

ivires bound to the same sit the kink, a por' :5

tion ofsaid side wires being continued from the lower-rim Wire towardthe center, and a ring in the center of the bottom of the basketaroundwhich the ends of said side wires are In testimony whereof I havesigned this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREW J. MU GER.

Witnesses-z J. M. CHORPENING,

W. H. WILKINS.

